A former civil servant and mother-of-one accidentally overdosed on prescribed medication for mental health issues, an inquest heard.

Angela Hallett, 59, from Bishop's Lydeard near Taunton, died on February 12.

An inquest at Taunton heard the cause of death was Sulpride toxicity.

Sulpride is a drug used to treat psychosis associated with schizophrenia.

The inquest heard Ms Hallett had suffered from post natal depression after the birth of her daughter and became increasingly withdrawn over time, eventually divorcing from her husband and ending up living on her own.

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A statement from her brother Philip Cottey detailed how the family tried to keep an eye on her as well as keeping in regular contact.

Since 2003 she had been prescribed Sulpride for symptoms associated with schizophrenic psychosis.

In 2015 her family were unable to get hold of her, the inquest heard, and concerned, they went round to her house and found her in a confused and troubled state.

Ms Hallett spent some weeks in residential care while her family tidied her house.

On returning home, the inquest heard she was much improved and maintained regular contact once more.

Her Sulpride prescription was 400mg per day and a post mortem report detailed how the overdose that killed her was 1.2mg per litre of blood - slightly over the therapeutic limit but nowhere near the very large amounts recorded in previous deliberate deaths involving the drug.